this has to be one of the coolest things I have seen all year. I wouldn’t have a clue how this works, but it is awesome – just point and slurp

I am a keen photographer and over the years I have bought multiple lenses that I always carry around with me on big trips to make sure that I have the right lens for the job.

Now Canon came up with a new concept – the Wonder camera

Canon is pretty confident that by then it’ll have figured out how to do a single lens capable of going from macro shots all the way out to a 5000mm focal length. This non-interchangeable lens is backed by an all-touch interface, an extremely high-resolution sensor, and image stabilization so advanced as to make shooting at high zoom range a viable option.

The only thing i don’t agree with is the video-only capture. Canon argues you won’t need to shoot stills when its video is capable of keeping everything in focus all the time — you’ll just pick out your favorite scene from the movie reel.

no matter what – I want one!

Here is Canons revelation

found here

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iBuyPower created a new system that will enable any game to played via multitouch, regardless of whether the game’s creators gave it so much as a thought.

Magic, which is short for Multitouch Advanced Gaming Interface and Control, is a proprietary piece of code designed specifically for the company’s own touch-enabled laptops, and it works by linking a multitouch gesture to a command the game already understands, emulating multitouch commands by mapping keystrokes or mouse clicks. Best of all, it’s available now as a gratis download

Right now it is only for their own hardware, but no doubt hackers will have this working on Dells, Alienwares, Lenovos and HPs etc.

simply awesome

found on engadget

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iBuyPower created a new system that will enable any game to played via multitouch, regardless of whether the game’s creators gave it so much as a thought.

Magic, which is short for Multitouch Advanced Gaming Interface and Control, is a proprietary piece of code designed specifically for the company’s own touch-enabled laptops, and it works by linking a multitouch gesture to a command the game already understands, emulating multitouch commands by mapping keystrokes or mouse clicks. Best of all, it’s available now as a gratis download

Right now it is only for their own hardware, but no doubt hackers will have this working on Dells, Alienwares, Lenovos and HPs etc.

simply awesome

found on engadget

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We’re after a talented Art Director / Copy Writer team to come up with brilliant ideas and concepts.

From an agency background, you will need to have a proven track record of impressing clients, working on pitches and doing some great digital ideas work.

The role requires some versatility, working across a range of clients and projects. Anything from coming up with a big integrated campaign idea, devising a new Microsoft Surface application, through to developing a social media campaign.

Passion and talent trumps posh job titles so we’d love to see great examples of work rather than a detailed CV. Please send us a link to your portfolio site and/or blog. If you’ve been too busy to update your site (we know what it’s like) then send us links to 3 pieces of your most loved work.

Skills/Experience:

• Strong portfolio with 4+ years agency (digital and/or traditional) experience
• Well-developed communication skills including ability to ‘scamp’ and articulate creative concepts with supporting rationale.
• Experience in strategic brainstorming, campaign development, and creative execution
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Comprehensive understanding of all things digital
• A passion for digital and creative problem solving
• Motivation, decisiveness, organizational skills, efficiency and dedication

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we have been talking about this over and over again and it finally got announced and the hands on video from the engadget guys wants me to have it even more.

If you are listening carefully to the video there is a girl talking about it and if I understood it correctly you can fly one of these for 12 min straight before it needs to get recharged for 90 min – not great, but a good start.

As previously mentioned the drone is controlled via an app for your iPhone,iPod or iPad (and there is an Android one now too) – You get a free download of the control app in the App Store, as well as a simple combat app in which your view on your iPhone is overlaid with missiles, lasers, and explosions as you duel with another Drone.

there are rumours that more and more apps will be released in the future with new “missions” so it will never get boring

I personally can’t wait and I will talk my boss into buying one for the office.

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The Dyson bladeless fan is pretty cool on its own, but the Dyson engineers were asked to show how inducement and entrainment of air works on the Air Multiplier fan.

So they build an Obstacle course and used a balloon – pretty awesome:

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Imagine being able to feel the buttons on your mobile when you slide them across the screen or feeling the material as wood, metal or stone.

Toshiba’s working on just such a project, which operates on the basis of a film affixed to your smartphone’s touch panel. Electrical currents are sent through this layer, and your fingers are shot up with the simulated sensation of touching those various surfaces.

And it is not fiction anymore as they have a working prototype and they weren’t shy to show it off.

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